stigma
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That was something, especially when we started shooting, that we all talked about, because we were like, “We’ve never been in a place where it didn’t feel like there was a stigma against it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Elliot, who is a collector, said social media, influencers and celebrities like Logan Paul and Henry Cavill are helping counteract a "stigma".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
She said there "definitely" seems to be less stigma when it comes to food banks than previously.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Plus, the silence can help perpetuate the stigma, with women who get abortions becoming faceless others rather than familiar community members.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2006
By holding off combat until the five-year agreement ran out, Octavian avoided the stigma of starting a civil war.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
Limiting your travels due to potential racial stigmas is doing yourself a disservice.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Trust The Signs, they discuss the storyline, the stigmas and symptoms.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
It’s also a testament to bygone stigmas and ascendant trends in American dining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
In her writing, she openly discusses and encourages topics about womanhood and aging despite the stigmas around women's health, and emphasizes moments in her life where she held men accountable.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2025
To subject people who test positive to stigmas, especially when most of them may be false positives, is counterproductive and wrong.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
St. Francis, unmistakable from his tonsure, his chestnut robe and his stigmata, looks lovingly at the Christ Child.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
A student recently asked me about St. Francis of Assisi and the stigmata.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2025
At least get some kind of stigmata going.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2024
Church figures who claimed to have experienced the stigmata wounds, including Padre Pio and Pope Francis’ namesake, St. Francis of Assisi, have inspired millions of Catholics.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024
I was a bom-and-bred Catholic and thought immediately it was some sort of writing stigmata and that I should get to a church.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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